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I consider myself a sim-racer, & my main focus in driving sims is racing online then watching the replays afterwards. I liked hosting my own public lobbies in GT5/6 with penalties, ghosting, fantasy driving aids, & anything else that defied reality turned off (as such, Sport Mode in GTS holds no interest for me). Much of the time I had great experiences, & have 407 replays of online races in GT5 alone, most of which were clean. As a wheel user, FFB is really important to me, & it was pretty damn good in GT6 on my Logitech G25 (in fact, when I bought Assetto Corsa I was surprised at how similar it felt on the Nord with the Xbow). Imho, GT5 was the pinnacle of online racing in GT games, & GT6 was the best the FFB/physics had felt in the series to date.
When I tried the beta of GT Sport, & then the demo; I was bitterly disappointed. The physics had taken a huge step back from GT6, & the FFB felt awful. I decided not to buy it at launch, & still don't regret that decision. When I saw it on sale for £15.99 last month, I decided to buy it; if only for the opportunity to see the Nord with my own eyes in all it's current gen PD glory
! When I tried it though, I still didn't like it. The physics & FFB were still awful compared to GT6, & I got bored of the game very quickly.
However, all that has started to change recently, & here's the reason why; because the FFB felt so terrible with a wheel, from a sim racing point of view, I naturally began playing it with the controller. I started taking the game less seriously, not thinking of it as a sim at all, & treating it more like a daft but fun simcade/arcade style game like Driveclub. And you know what? I'm starting to have some fun with it!
GT Sport isn't a serious game, & taking it too seriously is what was ruining it for me (along with expecting it to be as good if not better than GT6 in the FFB/physics department). My advice to anyone who's a serious hardcore sim racer unimpressed with GT Sport is this; put away your wheel & try it with the DS4. Turn on automatic gears, & whatever driving aids you want, heck, even slap some super sticky tyres on it if you need to (the tyre model is laughable after all), & just have some fun!
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EDIT: If I want a serious sim racing fix nowadays, all I need to do is fire up P CARS or AC & do a few hot laps
When I tried the beta of GT Sport, & then the demo; I was bitterly disappointed. The physics had taken a huge step back from GT6, & the FFB felt awful. I decided not to buy it at launch, & still don't regret that decision. When I saw it on sale for £15.99 last month, I decided to buy it; if only for the opportunity to see the Nord with my own eyes in all it's current gen PD glory
! When I tried it though, I still didn't like it. The physics & FFB were still awful compared to GT6, & I got bored of the game very quickly.However, all that has started to change recently, & here's the reason why; because the FFB felt so terrible with a wheel, from a sim racing point of view, I naturally began playing it with the controller. I started taking the game less seriously, not thinking of it as a sim at all, & treating it more like a daft but fun simcade/arcade style game like Driveclub. And you know what? I'm starting to have some fun with it!
GT Sport isn't a serious game, & taking it too seriously is what was ruining it for me (along with expecting it to be as good if not better than GT6 in the FFB/physics department). My advice to anyone who's a serious hardcore sim racer unimpressed with GT Sport is this; put away your wheel & try it with the DS4. Turn on automatic gears, & whatever driving aids you want, heck, even slap some super sticky tyres on it if you need to (the tyre model is laughable after all), & just have some fun!
👍
EDIT: If I want a serious sim racing fix nowadays, all I need to do is fire up P CARS or AC & do a few hot laps
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